found: Lumpkin, T.A. Azuki bean, c1994:p. 1 ("Azuki" is the way Japanese read and romanize Chinese characters meaning "small bean." This name, azuki, will be used in this book instead of "adzuki" or "adsuki" which are normally used in English-language publications. Thus, this book adopts the original Japanese name. Also "azuki bean" will not be used in this text since the literal meaning, "small bean bean", is obviously a redundancy in terms ... there are also many other colloquial names for azuki, the most common being shouzu. Other colloquial names: akamame, ankomame, anmame, antoki, irakuri, shoumame, komame, kannome, narazu, omame, konaremame, and gururimame ... English names for azuki include azuki, adzuki, adsuki, atsuki, atzuki, red bean, small bean, small red bean, crimson bean and small crimson bean.) p. 5 (Azuki belongs to the family Fabaceae, tribe Phaseoleae, subtribe Phaseoliinae and has had 15 different genus-species names since it was first described by Engelbert Kaempfer. The most recent consensus is genus Vigna Savi, subgenus Ceratopteris (Piper) Verdc., and Ohashi; sy: Dolichos angularis Willd., Phaseolus angularis (Willd) Wight; Azukia angularis (Willd.) Ohwi)
